Canon 350D (Rebel XT) with Canon 70-300 IS lens @ 140mm (~224mm) ISO 400 1/200 @ F8 .Hand held + fill in flash. The shutter speed is fast enough to ensure the birds bodies are sharp but not sharp enough the freese the motion completly of the fluttering wings. Taking control of my camara has also allowed me use a fill in flash (the subject of another tutorial).